By ANISH KOKA
I was listening to a conversation between two critical thinkers I respect greatly: geneticist/technologist/blogger Razib Khan and Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle. Their discussion was a freewheeling rant about the problems they see with the rise of populism on the left and right, but a throwaway comment related to the US physician shortage in the context of needing high skill...
Patterns detected: ARC-0043 Motte-and-Bailey, ARC-0024 Ambiguity
The author challenges a common narrative that American rural healthcare is in crisis, arguing instead that the US has addressed more of this problem than any other country, including Canada. This argument is a motte-and-bailey strategy (ARC-0043), as the author focuses on a specific aspect of rural healthcare while ignoring broader critiques of the American system. The comparison with Canada's Medicare system is presented ambiguous...